Boris Striepen, a cellular biologist with UGA's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, is part of a team researching metabolic pathways in the parasite Toxoplasma gondii that could lead to treatments for diseases threatening pregnant mothers and those with compromised immune systems.

Assist in writing letters of inquiry, proposals and other funding documents.

Act as liaison between you and corporations/foundations.

Help you navigate the corporate and foundation funding process.

Q. How can I find out about potential foundations to fund my project?A. Online sources can aid you in your research. Some helpful research web sites:

The Foundation Center's "Search Zone"This free web site offers some of the best general information retrieval tools on the Internet. Search nonprofit organizations and foundations by selecting organization types and specifying key words to narrow your search (e.g. "education" or "health").

Foundation FinderThis search mechanism, updated monthly, allows you to search by name for basic information on more than 65,000 private and community foundations in the U.S.

Do It Yourself ResearchUGA's Division of External Affairs' Advancement Research Department has an excellent Do-It-Yourself research page, featuring basic links and search engines, directories and foundation and business links.

Q. How do I get started?A. The Development Office has a clearance process which ensures that foundations/corporations are approached at the optimum time, and are not overloaded with UGA requests. In order to keep this clearance process running smoothly, we ask that you please contact your school, college or unit's development officer before contacting a foundation/corporation directly.

See this page to find out your school's development officer and be sure and include your development officer in your fundraising plans. They will work with us on clearance issues.

Help us help you! In order for us to better assess your funding needs, please fill out this form before contacting your development officer.